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Enugu boosts Rangers with N193m

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

March 14, 2012 by Ozioma Ubabukoh, Enugu 4 Comments The Enugu State Government has released about N193m to the management of Rangers Football Club for the payment of outstanding and current emoluments of the players, saying, “this was part of a concerted effort to effect a complete revitalisation of the famed outfit.” The government has, […]

Drug trafficker bags 18 month-jail term in Ibadan •2 others remanded in prison

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old drug trafficker, Bullame Alli, to 18 months in jail. Also, two suspected drug traffickers, Chimmadu Okon, 24 and Adebiyi Samson, 45, were remanded in prison custody. The prosecutor, Mrs Bridget Viasima, had informed the court that Alli was arrested with substances […]

IGP displays new police camouflage

Posted by admin Nigerian Police Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji M. D. Abubakar, has said his appearance in the new police camouflage is a process of mock display of the uniform, as one of the operational outfits of the Nigerian Police. The president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has approved a mock display of a camouflage dress for the police as […]

PDP convention: Women group back Patience Jonathan’s push for female PDP deputy chair

Posted by admin Women Politics Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

The Women for True Democracy (WTD), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has expressed support for moves by the First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, to have a woman emerge as the deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming national convention of the party. The WTD, a group of women professionals and politicians, […]

Contractor attempts suicide on telecoms mast •Over claimed N15m owed him by Atiku

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

A middle-aged man, Musa Inua, caused commotion on the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, when he climbed a telecommunications firm mast with an intent to commit suicide over an alleged N15 million debt owed him by a former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar. Dressed in a cream color kaftan, Inua, who claimed to […]

Reps reject motion to return police checkpoints

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

A few weeks after the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints across the country, a member of the House of Representatives sponsored a controversial motion on Tuesday seeking to reverse it. Mr. Friday Itulah, a Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker from Edo State, however, failed in his bid, as the […]

Australian commandos hunting for terrorists in Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

March 14, 2012 by Agency Reporter 132 Comments A secret squadron of Australian SAS soldiers has been operating at large in Africa, performing work normally done by spies, in an unannounced and possibly dangerous expansion of Australia’s foreign military engagement. The deployment of the SAS’s 4 Squadron – the existence of which has never been […]

2015: ACN, CPC fast-track alliance

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its national convention, two main opposition parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), are inching closer to an alliance ahead of the 2015 general election. The alliance talks is progressing while the leader of the CPC Renewal Committee, Mallam Nasir […]

FG to set up central military commands in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Federal Government has approved the setting up of central military commands in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. THE PUNCH learnt that the nation’s service chiefs took the decision after assessing the economic importance of the state to the country and the rising activities of cultists and pirates. Also, there has been a resurgence of violence in the […]

Facebook: Female corps member in NDLEA’s net over drugs

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Those with unknown long distance friends on Facebook may need to be wary as a female corps member is now in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over drug parcel sent by her London-based Facebook friend. The lady had, at the weekend, received a telephone call from her London friend about […]